Longest run
2.2 km
Powder Valley
Rainbow Ski Area
New Zealand
Piste map
500 m
Lifts
Runs and lifts from OpenStreetMap as of 29 September 2026. Select a run or a lift to see its figures.
- Summit
- 1,744 m5,722 ft
- Base
- 1,541 m5,056 ft
- Vertical
- 203 m666 ft
- Named runs
- 8
- Length of named runs
- 6.4 km
- Lifts
- 5
Runs by difficulty
- Green 3 38% · 1.6 km
- Blue 1 13% · 1.8 km
- No grade mapped 4 50% · 3.1 km
Steepest run
37%
Boulder Run
Steepest 100 m: 60%
Biggest drop
378 m
Powder Valley
The named runs add up to 6.4 km.
Every named run
| Profile | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boulder Run | 235 m | 87 m | 37% | 60% | |
| Easy Way | 1.4 km | 203 m | 15% | 28% | |
| Intermediate | 110 m | 19 m | 18% | 18% | |
| Learners | 80 m | 6 m | |||
| Powder Valley | 2.2 km | 378 m | 17% | 54% | |
| Race Course | 460 m | 110 m | 24% | 36% | |
| Terrain Park | 175 m | 40 m | 22% | 29% | |
| West Bowl | 1.8 km | 188 m | 11% | 26% |
Drop and gradients are read from a terrain model every 20 m along each run. Steepest is the steepest 100 m of a run. Runs shorter than 100 m have no gradient, and ~ marks a length estimated past a piece of the run mapped the other way.
Lifts
- 2Drag lifts
- 3Rope tows
- Length of all lifts
- 1.4 km
- Rise of all lifts together
- 339 m
| D - West Bowl Access Tow | Rope tow | 95 m | 24 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | Rope tow | 175 m | 46 m | ||
| Intermediate PlatterB | Drag lift | 200 m | 54 m | ||
| Learners | Rope tow | 80 m | 6 m | ||
| T-BarA | Drag lift | 885 m | 209 m |
Seats and ride times only where OpenStreetMap records them. Rise is the height between the stations, from a terrain model.
Places to eat and drink
Lone Star Rib Shack
Restaurant
The Rainbow Cafe
Café
Places mapped on OpenStreetMap in and around the resort. Opening times, menus and reviews are in the map apps.
Weather
Summit, 1,744 m
Base, 1,541 m
Forecast by MET Norway for the heights of the summit and the base, for the next two days. Times are in your time zone.
Ski resorts nearby
| Rainbow Ski Area | 203 m | 1,744 m | 8 | 6.4 km | 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mount Lyford Alpine Resort | 67.8 km | 323 m | 1,735 m | 13 | 5.6 km | 6 |
Distances in a straight line. A dot stands where a figure is not mapped yet.
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